35Synonyms found for cure

Word Origin & History

cure c.1300, from L. cura "care, concern, trouble," from PIE base *kois- "be concerned." In reference to fish, pork, etc., first recorded 1743. Related: Curable (late 14c.). Cure-all in general sense is from 1870; as a name of various plants, it is attested from 1793.

Example Sentences for cured

He is watching people die who he could easily have cured.

At a time when more people are cured of cancer than ever before, fewer doctors seem willing to say so.

The menu items may include shared plates such as the artisan cheese board, a platter of cured meats, and hummus and artichoke dip.

In these refuges the hardships of poverty are eased, diseases cured, the threats of princes appeased.

However, he blessed some oil and gave it to him: he vomited plentifully after it, and was from that moment perfectly cured.

The false modesty of fools will conceal ulcers rather than have them cured.

No one had ever cured an hysterical symptom by such means before, or had come so near understanding its cause.

The defect of false reasoning is a malady which is cured by these two remedies.

Of their fish some they dry in the sun and eat them without cooking, others they eat cured in brine.